Interstate 494

Interstate 494
Interstate 494
	I-494 highlighted in red
Route information
	Auxiliary route of I-94
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	42.94 mi (69.11 km)
Existed	1985[citation needed]–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
North end	I-94 / I-694 / US 52 in Maple Grove
	I-394 / US 12 in Minnetonka; US 212 / MN 5 in Eden Prairie; US 169 in Bloomington; I-35W in Bloomington/Richfield; MN 5 in Bloomington; I-35E in Mendota Heights; US 52 in Inver Grove Heights; US 10 / US 61 in Newport;
East end	I-94 / I-694 / US 12 in Woodbury/Oakdale
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Washington, Ramsey, Dakota, Hennepin
Highway system
	Interstate Highway System; Main; Auxiliary; Suffixed; Business; Future; Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative; Scenic;

Interstate 494 (I-494) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway making up part of a beltway of I-94, circling through the southern and western portions of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota. The 42.94-mile (69.11 km) road is coupled with I-694 (which circles the northern edge of the Twin Cities metro area) at each end and composes more than half of the major beltway of the region. I-694/I-494 also act as loop routes for I-35E and I-35W.

The speed limit on I-494 is 60 mph (97 km/h). Interstate Highways outside of the loop in Minnesota may be signed as high as 70 mph (110 km/h). Most highways inside the loop are signed at speeds of 55 mph (89 km/h) or lower, though a few exceptions were added in September 2005, allowing speeds of up to 60 mph (97 km/h) in some places. Those roads had been signed at 60 mph (97 km/h) or higher up until the 1973 oil crisis.

^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

[1] Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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